[daip] FILLM question and updates

[egreisen]

On 2021-04-19 23:25, Emmanuel Momjian wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> 
> 1) Is there a way for FILLM to not add a number at the end of a file
> when reading from disk? For instance, when I have a file on disk
> called
> 
> AB365_1_46405.30286_46405.79730.exp
> 
> it keeps expecting to see AB365_1_46405.30286_46405.79730.exp1 (note
> the 1 at the end) and quits.
> 
> 
> If there is nothing in FILLM for this now (unless I missed something),
> could we consider re-wiring nfiles=-1 to do this (i.e., to make FILLM
> behave like FITLD or BDF2AIPS and not add a number to the file name in
> DATAIN and expect it on disk)? nfiles=-1 in FILLM now is reserved for
> the old online system, which is of course not applicable now.
> Basically I am suggesting that with nfiles=-1 it could read the file
> on disk as it is named, while with nfiles=0 and higher it behaves as
> it is now.
> 
> 
> 2) Other things I noticed in the FILLM help file, which are:
> 
> 
>              To use the VLA archive directly, contact NRAO at
> analysts at nrao.edu.
>              The web has tools to review the contents of the archive
> http://www.vla.nrao.edu/astro/archive/vladb/
>              and to request data from the archive
> http://www.vla.nrao.edu/astro/archive/archreq/
> 
> 
> I'd ask that we remove analysts at nrao.edu since we are moving away from
> that email alias, and now only the VLBA DAs use that email address
> anyway. We can point the user to the NRAO helpdesk instead
> (https://science.nrao.edu/observing/helpdesk) or remove that line
> altogether.
> 
> Also, the web pages above:
> http://www.vla.nrao.edu/astro/archive/vladb/
> http://www.vla.nrao.edu/astro/archive/archreq/
> 
> 
> are from the old domain, and both are gone.
> 
> If you wish to have a link to the NRAO archive, perhaps we can use:
> https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/vla/archive/index
> 
> Thanks,
> EM


I have changed the task to open DATAIN as specified and if that fails to 
then
append the file number and try again.  I also made the changes you 
suggest
for the help file (and to document the DATAIN usage).

Try it now please.

Thanks

Eric